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Omega Lupi

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is Omega Lupi

Omega Lupi is an orange giant 219 light-years away, one of the stars that trace the southern flank of the Wolf, near its border with the Centaur. Its K-type spectrum gives it a warm, ancient glow proper to a star that has left the main sequence and swollen many times the Sun's diameter while keeping a moderate surface temperature.

Where it is and when to see it

Omega Lupi lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.

Find it on the sky map

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The signature wall

Stelvia's sky works like a signature wall: anyone can leave their name and a message on a real star, and that signature goes up on the map for everyone to read. Signing is free.

A signature without a lock can be replaced by someone else's. The lock makes the signature permanent and lets you choose a symbolic name for the star, always shown next to the star's catalogue identifier. How the lock works

If you don't have an account yet, we'll ask for an email to confirm it's you: we send you a link and that's it, no password.

Write my signature

A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.

Astronomical data for Omega Lupi

Constellation
Lupus
Apparent magnitude
4.34
Distance
218.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 234.513° · Dec -42.567°
Catalogue
HIP 76552 · HD 139127

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Other stars in Lupus

Lupus has 74 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 74 stars in Lupus